Congratulations to Mark Taylor and Bev Vorster who both represented the club in the past weekend’s Champion of Champions NIBA competition in Pietermaritzburg. Mark lost a close match 21 – 19 but Bev went on to reach the final of the ladies competition, where she lost a 25 end final to Gwen the Champion from Lynwood. It was an absolutely brilliant weekend of bowling.

Competitions
So the weather man told us that we were going to have a maximum of 13 degrees on Women’s Day 9 August with 80 percent chance of rain. There was a minor contemplation of possibly cancelling our much anticipated J Leslie Smith & Co All Day Trips competition but we don’t scare that easily here at Umgeni Waterfall Bowling Club. So on Thursday 22 Teams braved the excruciating cold weather to play in the J Leslie Smith & Co Comp. What a brilliant day of bowling. To top it all…. The much anticipated rain did not arrive.

There was some exceptional bowling on the day and Umgeni Waterfall Bowling Club excelled in their hosting of the competition. The eventual winners of the competition were the team of Dennis Khanyile, Rodney Hoskins and Mark Bizaare representing Alexandra Bowling Club in PMB who not only walked away with the coveted 1st prize but also did the sought after “Full House of 9 shots” on a singular end.

Second prize went to the Howick Bowling Club team of Vic Rowell, Courtney Gace and Des Smith and third Prize went to the Mooi River / Lynwood team of Clark Logan, Doc Hartley and Gary Baleson. Over and above the main prizes, there were also session prizes, a Toucher prize as well as a Plate Prize.

As a club we are hugely appreciative of J Leslie Smith & Co who were once again the outstanding main sponsors of the competition. They were ably assisted by support sponsors Howick Travel, Misty Fall Spur and Umgeni Waterfall Bowling Club.

Thanks to all the J Leslie Smith & Co staff spearheaded by Lisa Nagel and the Umgeni Waterfall members who contributed behind the scenes with sorting out prizes, eats and raffles.

The success of days like these are about the collective energy of members and sponsors.

Pictured onf Left: Mark Bizarre, Rodney Hoskins and Dennis Khanyile of Alexandra Park Bowling Club. With Crystal Dekker from J. Leslie Smith and vice President Tim Waring and President Hilary WIlliams.

Our next competition will be the Halfway Toyota Howick Competition which will be held on Wednesday 15 August with tabs in at 1.15pm.

Regular Times Are:
Tuesday mornings Tabs in by 8.45am (Civvies)
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons Tabs in by 1.15pm. (Club Colours)
Visiting bowlers are welcome to join us at these tabs in times.

Harvard Electrical Wholesalers are stockists of industrial and domestic components for the building industry, indoor and outdoor lighting, switches, ECC and surface cables and lots more.

There is a full range of LED globes and lamps available. All LED's are guaranteed for 12 months.

Secure customer parking at the door.

Visit Harvard Electrical Wholesaler's showroom at 22 Harvard Street, Howick.

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A mini conference including a FINA Timekeeping and Judges Clinic was held over the weekend of the 21st July, by the uMgungundlovu District Aquatics Association.

We are encouraging all swimming teachers to become registered. All swimming teachers need to register with Swimming South Africa.

The registration requirements are a requirement in terms of the Children’s Act as well the national Sports and Recreation Act, 1998. This act is primarily promulgated to protect children’s rights and affects all persons who are working with children.

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L-R: Tori Karg de Almeida (Learn-To-Swim Teacher representative) Gavin Jackson ( KZN Official Society) Kathy Boreham (Treasurer and secretary) Kelvin Mumford (Education & Training)

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The Midlands is in for a treat this August with the Schlesinger Theatre, Michaelhouse proudly presenting the spectacular production, Oh! What a Lovely War, from 12 to 15 August 2018.

Directed by William le Cordeur and starring Michaelhouse and St Anne’s pupils, Joan Littlewood’s Oh! What a Lovely War will offer audiences musical entertainment based on the original World War 1 farce created in 1963. This musical comedy, which will make you laugh until you cry, is a fast-paced show presented by Pierrot clowns, set on an English seaside pier featuring wonderful songs from the Great War period, as well as the funniest history lesson you will ever sit through!

This musical comedy is a tribute to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice; including the head of Michaelhouse at the time, Rector Brown, who resigned from his job to go to the front and was killed in battle. He, along with the many other Michaelhouse Old Boys will be honoured in this production.

Oh! What a Lovely War will be hosted by the Schlesinger Theatre, Michaelhouse, with performances on Sunday 12 August at 2pm, Monday 13 August at 7pm, Tuesday 14 August at 7pm and Wednesday 15 August at 7pm. Tickets are available at www.tickethut.co.za/michaelhouse for R80. Seats are limited so be sure to book your spot.

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Spread the sunshine by hosting a tea party

Hosting a tea party is a great way of raising funds for Sunfield Home Howick in a fun and friendly fitting in with your busy lifestyle. Help a resident with no means of support to remain a valuable member of our family.

Spread the sunshine by hosting a tea party. Want to know more? Call us today on 033 3302094, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit www.sunfield.co.za.

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On a bitterly cold Nelson Mandela Day, nothing could be more welcome than a hearty meal prepared by the ladies of Shiyas, using Wonderbag.

There were very happy faces all around Angel's Care Centre. 

Angels' Care was established to address the needs of desperately poor children from the local informal settlements in the Umngeni Municipal area.

What an excellent initiative by our Community Care Givers for 67 Minutes for Mandela Campaign.

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The Orchard House hosted their first wedding on 8 July 2018.

The lovely coffee shop in St John's Village transformed into a delightful twinkling wedding reception for the evening.

For enquiries please contact Rochelle at +27(0)33 032 0584

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Dear Friends and Neighbours of Howick and the Midlands.

We look forward to Wed, 18 July 2018, Mandela Day
It will be a truly amazing day as we love and serve our town together for 67 minutes or more.

Thank you so much to all the volunteer champions who have committed to be involved. Awesome!!
Folk can still volunteer to join in.

There will be action at the following zones, from 08.30 am to 3 pm. These are:

- Zone 1: Main Street, opposite Sunfield Home
- Zone 3: Main Street/ Karkloof road areas
- Zone 4 and 8: Falls precinct
- Zone 7: N3/ Merrivale interchange
- Zone 9: Central Park, corners of Bell, Park and Harvard Streets
- Zone 10: CBD (meet at Old Agricultural Hall, Falls Drive at 12.30 pm)

Depending on numbers, Zones 2, 5 and 6 may receive attention.

Love Howick t-shirts will be on sale from 12 midday, Wed 18 July, in front of the Old Agricultural Hall, Falls Drive. Children sizes R 70, adult sizes R 100. Thank you for your support.

Rob Askew
Volunteer - Love Howick Projects Team
Tel: 081 762 7788

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Midmar Crushers, along with the Midlands 4X4 club were proud to be a part of the Reach for a Dream's Dads and Lads Captain Courage on the 30th June 2018.

Reach For A Dream fulfils the dreams of children between the ages of 3 and 18 years who suffer with life threatening illnesses and inspires hope by helping them believe in the power of dreams.

Midmar Crushers were happy to support this worthy cause by donating goodie bags, umbrellas and caps to the children and their dads.

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Palesa Hlela is a local girl, born and bred in Howick and currently completing her third year in Sport's Management at University of Pretoria. She is part of the SA National Water Polo Team and has just returned to SA after doing National duties in Brno, Czech Republic (2018 EU Nations Water Polo Cup). Palesa has now also been called up to participate in the FINA women's water polo world Cup in September (Russia).

Palesa's parents came into our KSS offices and met with Gary and I to see how we could help. Palesa's sports profile is impressive. She attended school at Howick Prep where some of her swimming records still stand. She has over ten Midmar mile races under her belt and represented KZN in swimming and water polo at National Level. Palesa represented South Africa in water polo for the first time in 2015 and has remained a member of Swim South Africa since finishing high school.

Palesa says "Participating in the world cup is what every elite athlete strives to achieve in any sporting code. Despite the cliché, it truly is a dream come true, but with the financial implications of participating at such a high level, I believe, based on finances, that the Czech trip could be my last international tournament."

However, for the dream to be attained she has to face up to the realities as these national duties have to be self-funded. Palesa continues saying "my trips in the past have been paid in full by my parents through loans. I also want to contribute, hence we are attempting to raise funds". Her mom Nthabi adds that "the dates for the payments to Russia are tight. We got confirmation of this Russia call up on 1 August 2018 and we need to pay a deposit of 15K by 7 August and the balance of 13K by end of August. If we fail Palesa cannot go. The May trip to Czech was rescued by crowd funding and friends who started a #takePalesaToCzech initiative".

Should you be able to help in anyway, please contact Palesa's mom Nthabi at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call her on 0713615632.

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The weather this past week held up very nicely and ensured that we had a full week of tabs in bowls.

Competitions

On Friday 27th July we played our monthly Woodstone Craft Café Sponsored 2 Bowl Trips in early morning winter weather. Having surpassed our 6 month anniversary of this competition, the format was slightly altered to facilitate a new fresh interest. 16 Teams participated with the eventual winners being the visiting team from Hilton consisting of Dave Stephenson, Peter Bailie and John Fowler. Second prize went to fellow Hilton team John Patrick, Angus Snowden and Barend Van Der Merwe. With third place going to a Howick/Umgeni combined team Des Smith, Julia Strachan and Bev Vorster.The Toucher prizes went to Pam Spring (Lead from Maritzburg BC), Chantal DHotman (2nd from Umgeni Waterfall BC) and Hilary Williams (Skip from Umgeni Waterfall BC).

Massive thanks again to The Woodstone Craft Café for the sponsorship of the main prizes as well as the tea time treats. Thanks also to The Treatery for sponsoring the Toucher prizes. Special thanks as well to the bar staff who offer up their time to serve the bowlers.

Our next competition will be the J Leslie Smith & Co sponsored All Day Competition which will be an open trips competition to be held on Thursday 9 August which happens to be Public Holiday as well.

Places are still available and there are lovely prizes to be won. You can enter via the following entry avenues… This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 082 453 3398 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 082 758 1246. 

Congrats to Lynn Durant and Alison Toms for winning the clubs Ladies Pairs Trophy this past week. They narrowly beat Bernice Burden and Margie Holl. Well done ladies. 

Congrats as well to the Howick Bowling Club for hosting an awesome All Day Trips Competition on Sunday 29 July. Great weather, great company, awesome food and awesome bowling. 

Regular Times Are:
Tuesday mornings Tabs in by 8.45am (Civvies)
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons Tabs in by 1.15pm. (Club Colours)
Visiting bowlers are welcome to join us at these tabs in times.

News supplied by Umgeni Waterfall Bowling Club.

50 days. 4 countries. 9000km.

An all-women South African expedition will set out on a conservation mission in September to raise awareness about human-wildlife conflict. Headed by KZN adventurer and humanitarian, Carla Geyser, the Journeys with Purpose: Rise of the Matriarch expedition will see an all-women crew traversing South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe armed with purpose and passion.

Geyser, the founder of the NPO, Blue Sky Society Trust, has been involved in conservation and community upliftment initiatives since 2012. “I firmly believe that one person can make a difference in this world and I want to be that person,” she says.

The 45-year-old Durban resident earned a solid reputation as a conservation trailblazer in 2016, when she led South Africa’s first all-female expedition from South Africa to Kenya to help stem the tide of poaching.

The Journeys with Purpose: Elephant Ignite Expedition brought together 13 women who embarked on a 100-day journey to Kenya, raising funds and awareness among communities along the way. The team returned home triumphant, having covered more than 15 000km, visited 37 wildlife organisations, distributed 20 000 educational booklets to children, and raised nearly R300 000 for various conservation projects.

Replicating this magic formula, Geyser now plans on taking her conservation message across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe on a nearly two-month 4x4 journey that will combine adventure travel with ecotourism fundraising.

The team will engage with local communities especially children on the human-wildlife issue and distribute 30 000 educational booklets, connect with anti-poaching groups, visit conservation groups and schools, and meet with incredible women who are doing remarkable things at a grassroots level to assist in conservation efforts.

Funds raised during the expedition will benefit four causes, namely, Elephants Alive (South Africa), Rare and Endangered Species Trust (Namibia), Eco-Exist Project (Botswana) and the Soft Foot Alliance Trust (Zimbabwe).

While the Rise of the Matriarch team is preparing to leave in September, it’s not too late for business, organisations or individuals to get involved. “This is an excellent opportunity for citizens and corporates to make a meaningful difference,” explains Geyser.

“The expedition is more than a project that’s fuelled by passion; it’s an initiative by an all-women conservation team of conservation “she-roes” who are determined to do our bit to help save our piece of the planet.

As noble as this undertaking is, we can’t do it alone. We need support.”

Pictured above: Blue Sky Society Trust founder, Carla Geyser, with her mentor, Kingsley Holgate. After heading up South Africa’s first all-women conservation expedition from SA to Kenya in 2016, Carla is now gearing up for another women-only journey into Africa, combining adventure travel with ecotourism fundraising.

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We are pleased about the increasing attention investigative journalists are paying to the honey industry. Significant progress is being made in uncovering the ugly truths of adulterated (“fake”) honey in South Africa. 

We would like to alert you to the Carte Blanche exposé which will be screened at 7 pm on M-Net. We believe that the show will be lifting the lid on some of the most egregious cases of adulteration in our country.

Fake honey is a threat to consumers’ health and threatens the livelihood of South African beekeepers who supply only pure, local honey. Often, the shelf prices of fraudulent products are vastly cheaper than our own cost to harvest honey. Jobs and businesses across the country are at risk.

We hope you will find the time to watch on Sunday and to share your thoughts with customers, acquaintances and on social media (#PurePeels, #LiftTheLid, #PureHoney)

We believe greater transparency in the industry will enhance consumer understanding of the value of Peel’s 100% pure, South African honey offering and why our product is sold at a higher price point than that of many of our competitors.

If you would like further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us, or refer to background information on our website at www.peels.co.za/news.

New supplied by Peel's Honey.

Making a difference!

2018 has been a productive year for KSS with our ever-alert Operations staff apprehending over 71 criminals so far. This is 60% higher than 2017 for the same period. There are a number of contributing factors that include more community participation and communication in terms of reporting suspicious people or vehicles. Thank you, clients, friends, supporters and the community at large! Together we can make a difference.

 Reporting incidents

Please report incidents and suspicious vehicles / persons directly to your security service provider so that we can take prompt action. Please note that WhatsApp is not a formal means of dispatching a security service provider or SAPS. Please respect this protocol and don’t place the lives of community citizens in danger by expecting them to respond. The KSS 24/7 Control Room contact number is 033 330 5911.

Crime scene management

Evidence collected and analysed at the scene of a crime can make or break a case. Please be very careful and allow HAWKS, SAPS Officers and other security professionals to follow their procedures. I found this useful information on http://www.securitysa.com/7310r.

Initial actions at the scene of a crime:

1. Safety
The most import things to remember are saving life and treating the injured.

 2. Security

Once this has been achieved, the next aim is to secure the crime scene to safeguard property and preserve evidence to aid an investigation and the identification of those responsible.

 • An area should always be treated as a crime scene until decided otherwise.

• The scene should be cordoned off as widely as is reasonably possible.
• Evidence is not always visible and can only be preserved by effective scene management, including applying the following basic rules:
– Minimise access to the entire area.
– Do not walk in the cordoned off area.
– Avoid touching or handling anything.
– Do not clean anything.
– Do not throw anything away.

 This can be best achieved by making scene preservation the specific role of one person: a family member or friend, a security officer or a police officer.

 Keep a record of all persons entering and leaving the cordoned off area and the scene, their purpose and any action(s) taken by them.

 Scene preservation should be maintained until fully examined by a police crime scene investigator or advised by the most senior police officer present.

 3. Stability

Once it is possible to re-enter the scene, the clear-up operation can begin, including:
• Securing valuable property.
• Arranging to secure the premises, replacing and repairing doors, windows and locks.
• Calling in specialist cleaners or removing items that require specialised cleaning or disposal.
• Cleaning and tidying other items of property and marks left during the crime scene examination.
• Replacing or repairing missing or damaged items.

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Umgeni Waterfall Bowling Club had a lovely week of bowls with two competitions being played.

Competitions

On Tuesday 17 July we played the J Leslie Smith & Co sponsored 2 4 2 competitions. We had an awesome sunny winter’s morning and the winners of the first prize were Tim Waring and Mark Taylor with second prize winners being Dudley Ventress and Jo Boonzaier. This week’s J Leslie Smith & Co representative was Lisa Nagel who brought lovely treats and handed out the prizes on the sponsor’s behalf.

Special thanks to SUPERSPAR Greendale for sponsoring the Saturday competition which had to be postponed last week because of the rain. As usual SUPERSPAR Greendale had their banners up and sandwiches platters out. The winners of the competition were Derek Balfour, Lionel Keeling and Neil Wright. Second place went to Alison Toms, Graeme Cameron and Eric Simpson. Congratulations to all our competition winners.

Our next competition will be our Woodstone Craft Café sponsored 2 Bowls Trips teams-in competition which will be held on Friday 27 July with the game starting at 9am.

Regular Times Are:

Tuesday mornings Tabs in by 8.45am (Civvies)

Wednesday and Saturday afternoons Tabs in by 1.15pm. (Club Colours)

Visiting bowlers are welcome to join us at these tabs in times.

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SA's most iconic triathlon without any doubts, the MANDELA TRI will be once again hosted by B-Active Sports in the beautiful surrounds of the KZN Midlands on Saturday, the 25th August.

You cannot get a better setting for what is one of the most iconic triathlon events you will ever get to compete in. With a Finish-Line that awaits all long walk triathletes at the very capture site of the late great Nelson Mandela, this is one of those triathlon events that every South African should get to compete in at some stage in their careers.

 Into its 4th year now, the Mandela Tri is a well-established triathlon event within the local ZA triathlon community which offers a hefty prize purse of R70 000. Most local PRO's will tell you that this is big money and they are all sure to be toeing the line in less than 6 weeks-time as they seek out their share of the spoils that come from finishing on top of the podium

Race weather conditions are ideal at this time of year down in the Midlands near Howick and with a race start for the Long Walk Triathlon (Olympic Distance TRI) at 1pm, athletes will be greeted to optimal race conditions over the 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run.

 Racing gets underway at 10am with a short walk duathlon (1km Run / 5km Cycle / 2.5km Run) which is ideal for the non-swimmers as well as those just looking to get into the sport and have some fun. The youngsters will love this event and parents are encouraged to bring the family along and participate in all the events on offer – something for the whole family to compete at and enjoy.

Next up after this is the Long Walk Duathlon which starts promptly at 10h15 (2.5km run / 10km cycle / 5km Run) This event is possibly for the slightly fitter athlete but equally do-able for many of the weekend warriors who are looking for a sense of fun and adventure with some hard fast action-packed racing thrown into the mix.

The duathlon (run/bike/run) event has been brought in purely for the guys and girls who are not too keen to brave the 16 degree water temperature that Midmar offers up at this time of year. Duathlon is a great way to get into the sport of triathlon and competitors get a real feel for the racing experience that takes place in a duathlon event and they still have loads of fun at the same time.

The first triathlon event starts at 11h15 with a Sprint Distance comprising 600m of swimming, 20km of cycling and then finishing off with a 5km run. This event will start and finish at the Midmar Dam Resort as will both duathlon events.

 The main even of the day – the Long Walk Triathlon (1.5km swim/40km cycle/10km run) will close off the day's proceedings with the first athletes starting their event at 1pm.

The swim takes place at Midmar. Wetsuits are well advised at this time of year with water temperatures normally hovering around the 16 degree marker at midday. Conditions are flat and the water is clean. The bike course will comprise a few10km loops that run past the dam's front entrance numerous times depending on what event you have been entered for with some gradual climbs on each end of the bike loops. Not flat but very manageable for the lesser fit triathletes. The races are all draft-legal so no tri bikes and tri-bars will be permitted. Road Bikes and Mountain bikes will be required for this event so make sure you bring along the correct bike for race day.

 The run sections for the duathlon and sprint triathlon events is fairly flat and fast whilst the Olympic Distance guys and girls will have an up-hill section close to the end of the 10km run as they proceed to finish their event at the Nelson Mandela capture site which is around 3km in distance from the race start venue at Midmar Dam Resort.

Henri Schoeman, Current Olympic Bronze Medal and Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winner has won this race two times in the past which adds to the prestige of "who will win the title in 2018?"

Entries are open so book your spot before the entries are all sold out.

RACE INFORMATION

Date: 25th August 2018 Start Venue: Midmar Dam

Registration Venue: Midmar Dam Conference Centre – 9am to 12:30pm on Saturday

Prizemoney: R70 000

ENTRIES OPEN: 18th July / close online: 21st August. Late entries will be available.

EVENTS:

NEW - 10am Start – Short Walk Duathlon – 2.5km Run / 5km Cycle / 1km Run
Briefing @ 9:45am at the Finish line – COST: R180 (Min Age: 8yrs old)

NEW - 10:15am Start – Long Walk Duathlon – 5km / 10km / 2.5km Run
Briefing @ 10am at the Finish line – COST: R230 / Team: R350 (Min Age: 12yrs old)

11: 15am Start – Short Walk Triathlon - 600m Swim / 20km Cycle / 5km Run
Briefing @ 11am at the Transition area – COST: R330 / Team: R480 (Min Age 16yrs)

1pm Start – Long Walk Triathlon - 1.5km Swim / 40km Cycle / 10km Run
Briefing @ 12:45pm at the Transition area – COST: R600 / Teams: R750 (Min age: 18yrs)

 Prize giving for all races: 4:30pm At the Mandela Capture Site

 Olympic Race cut off: 5pm (4hrs)

 Triathlon & Duathlon entries are open. http://www.cycleevents.co.za/triathlon-and-duathlon-events/mandela-day-triathlon-2018/

So I visited the new Pick n Pay that has opened up on Karkloof road and noticed that at the checkout they have these massive adverts that are designed to create awareness of plastic pollution in our oceans.

The kicker, they offer no other alternative to plastic throughout their store. At the checkout, they only have disposable plastic bags (no paper or reusable bags were available – I asked), they haven't switched their produce bags and all of their in house products are packaged in plastic.

This kind of armchair activism should be highlighted as shops like the Pick n Pay are the biggest reason we are all still using plastic. Very few have made any move towards alternatives to plastic (well done Merrivale SuperSpar for your paper bags), and, if they got creative, they really could give us options to cut our plastic footprints. Things like milk dispensing machines that allow you to fill your own jar (at a discounted rate to encourage this kind of behavior), or removing the pre-pack meat and using butchers wrap from a kiosk (people could then also buy the amount they want, rather than the standard amounts meat is always packed in).

 I find it offensive when companies show concern for the environment as a tool for their own promotion and are not even making gestures towards actually caring. Step up Pick n Pay!

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Unexpected but welcome rain curtailed our bowling activities this past week. The one thing we never complain about in the Midlands is rain. Just means that we can have down time with hot chocolate and rusks .
Special Congratulations

Our congratulations might be a week late but our neighbours the Howick Bowling Club hosted an awesome Senior Masters Men’s and Ladies Singles competition last week. Anyone who managed to watch would have been overawed by the talent on display. Well done to the winners and organisers.

At the same time our club hosted the Men’s and Ladies Singles Final. Congratulations to Bev Vorster on becoming the 2018 Women’s Singles Champion with Margie Holl as runner up. Mark Taylor was crowned as 2018 Men’s Singles Champion narrowly beating Neil Wright. The Novice Singles and Nominated Pairs notices are now on the board and members are encouraged to please enter these competitions.

Competitions

We had an awesomely well attended Halfway Toyota Howick sponsored competition on Wednesday.

A full green and some very close contests saw Dudley Ventress, Bev Vorster, Colin Brown and John Spence win the coveted Halfway Toyota sponsored first prize. Second prize sponsored by Dr Alan Sara was won by Brian Ellison, Piet Van Rensburg, Rita Aitken and Grace Abrahams.

Prizes were handed out by Margie Wheelwright of Halfway Toyota. Tiny Lourens and Allan Pienaar both won our lucky draw prizes sponsored by 68 On Main. While on the subject of 68 On Main, on behalf of our Club President, I would like to give special thanks to owner Barbara for hosting our winter luncheon. 30 members packed into the lounge section of the restaurant and had an amazing afternoon.

Sadly a heavy downpour this past Saturday morning meant that we had to postpone our SUPERSPAR Greendale competition. This competition will now be rescheduled.

Despite some freezing weather the Natal Inland Bowling Association (NIBA) had the first round of its Men’s & Women’s Open Singles Competition at various clubs throughout the region. We had 4 bowlers enter the competition. These results will be reported on next week.

Regular Times Are:
Tuesday mornings Tabs in by 8.45am (Civvies)
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons Tabs in by 1.15pm. (Club Colours)

Visiting bowlers are welcome to join us at these tabs in times.

News supplied by Umgeni Waterfall Bowling Club.